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J. U. MORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED 312.15, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO..WASH|NOTON, n. c.

JACK C. MORGAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO ROBERT J. CONNAY, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 15, 1913.

Patented Apr. list, 1914.

Serial No. 748,650.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACK C. lVIORGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combs; and it has for its object the provision of a device of this character which will include a back or head member having removable teeth whereby when one becomes broken it may be quickly removed and replaced by a new one at a minimum cost.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a comb wherein all of the teeth may be removed and cleaned and the article thereby maintained in a highly sanitary-condition.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a comb wherein the teeth thereof .may be relieved of hair or other matter during the operation of removing the teeth from the back.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrange mentof parts, as will be hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective View of the comb; Fig. 2 is a vertical section thercthrough; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the comb; Fig. at is a perspective view of one of the teeth; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of back; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of tooth.

The comb 1 comprises a back 2 which is provided along its upper edge with a substantially dove-tail groove 3, in which is slidably and removably mounted a retaining member 4. having a transverse configuration conforming with the transverse configuration of the groove 3 and provided with a flat bottom 5 which lies in mutual contact with the bottom wall of the groove 3.

The back is preferably provided with integral end teeth 6 and intermediate remov able teeth 7. The removable teeth are of wedge formation, being preferably reduced in thickness toward their lower end and also reduced in width toward said end whereby the upper ortions of the teeth will be effectually a vanced against the corresponding downwardly reduced passages 8 which are formed in the head 2 and open into the groove 3 thereof. The teeth are provided with curved upper corners 9 and flat surfaces 10. After placing the removable teeth in their receiving passages 8 in the head 2, the slide element a is placed in position in the groove and arranged so as to overlie all of the teeth. It will be understood that during the operation of applying the slide l to the head 2, the curved surfaces 9 will be engaged by the slide 4 whereby to advance the teeth into the passages 8 and to cause the surfaces 10 of the teeth to be brought into operative mutual contact with the flat surface 5 0f the slide 4. This is desirable in that the teeth are held rigidly mounted in the receiving openings of the head.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 5, the end teeth 11 are removable, and as illustrated said teeth are of substantially wedge configuration in transverse section and fitted in correspondingly formed passages 12 in the head 2*. These teeth are otherwise identical in construction with the intermediate removable teeth described in the preferred embodiment of the invention. By constructing the end teeth 11 as described it is evident that they will be held against displacement from the back member of the comb when the removable slide is in an applied position.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 6, the teeth may be arranged in group form, as shown.

It is also to be understood that the comb may be constructed so that a number of group teeth such as those shown in Fig. 6 may be arranged in a portion of the length of the back member while teeth such as those described in the preferred embodiment of the invention may be arranged in another portion of the length of the back member, so that the comb will be divided into fine and coarse comb teeth respectively. The removable teeth as constructed are such that during the operation of removing them from their openings in the back member, hair and like matter which tend to adhere to the under surface of the back member may be subsequently removed. By providing a comb as described any one of the teeth when worn or broken can be readily and quickly removed and replaced by anew tooth at a minimum cost.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A comb comprising a back provided with a groove of wedge formation having its restricted side opening onto the upper edge of the back and having its ends opening onto the ends of said back, the lower edge of the back being provided with a series of wedged the hack member and slidably and removably mounted in the groove and retained by the side walls of the latter against upward displacement, the said retaining member being provided with a continuous fiat bottom surface operating to engage the upper ends of the teeth, whereby to project the said teeth into the passages in the back, during the operation of applying the slide.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACK C. MORGAN. Witnesses:

HENRY MnssUER, RICHARD C. MoDnvrrT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

